Daily Archives: December 31, 2014

Last Friday, I found myself trapped on BART in San Francisco, listening to an announcement that train traffic was suspended due to “civil insurrection.” An hour earlier, a group of 14 people at the W. Oakland BART station had hung a banner that read “Black Lives Matter” —slogan of those who condemned the grand jury…

by Black Agenda Report editor Margaret Kimberley “Ferguson signifies the end of the age of Obama. It is a very sad end.” – Cornel West “For Wilson to publicly say that he would kill Brown again is too much for a grieving people to bear.” For nearly six years black Americans have supported President Barack…

by Manuel Santiago On Nov. 20, nearly 1000 people from grassroots organizations in L.A., principally from Mexicano communities, marched on the Mexican Consulate near MacArthur Park to demand that the Mexican Government return the 43 “Disappeared” students from a teacher’s college in Ayotzinapa in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. They also demanded the resignation of…

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Beacon Press/ReVisioning American History, Boston, 2014) Reviewed by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-LA In a short, thorough survey of U.S. history from settlement and conquest to current crises, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz pulls on the thread that unravels the tapestry of lies in most US “histories,” whether academic, popular, or progressive. She views that history…

By Paul Krehbiel Thousands of fast food workers in 190 cities walked off their jobs from coast to coast Thursday, December 4, 2014 in the largest strike of fast food workers in US history. Workers are demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union without interference from management….

by Laa Laa Shakur, Black Riders Liberation Party We need a nationwide defense force: From L.A, to St. Louis, to NY. RISE UP- WE MUST DEFEND OURSELVES! Read the Black Riders’ Number One Rule: “Out of frustration and hopelessness, the Black Riders was formed by young Black people who have reached the point of no…

by Iris De Anda even silence can mean death even smiles across the wrong skin can mean other things to other people even now after all this politically correct the sound of your voice can release the bullets of a firing squad the echo of your words heard in the smallest of towns can ignite…

by Charles Fredricks [dsa-la.org / scfs-la.org] Washington Post columnist and American Prospect editor Harold Meyerson, in town for a DSA event, responded to an audience question with acerbic wit, “The only action we’re seeing on climate change is a massive drop in gas prices.” Secretary of State John Kerry made a case for climate action…